A graduate of MIT, Ellie received her B.S. in Aerospace Engineering and Electrical Engineering & Computer Science. She also graduated with her Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science with a concentration in Artificial Intelligence from MIT.

Through MIT Global Teaching Labs, she has taught at Ghana, Kazakhstan, and Italy. As a Teaching Assistant, she empowered MIT students to understand and process signals and images and led over 200 hours in 1-on-1 instruction. In addition, she has worked at the NASA Jet Propulsion Lab, Space X, and the Marshall Space Flight Center.

In her free time, she enjoys hiking and learning about culture through travel.